Kochi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday slammed the Left and the BJP and asked the mammoth gathering at a rally here “to vote for a party which strives for a united India”. “The choice is very clear... to vote for a party which strives for a united India or vote for one which is trying to divide our country,” said Sonia.
She said their rivals were asking people to vote for a change, but don’t specify what change.
“We have been here for more than six decades and we have done lots. They wear a mask and hence we must resist them with all our might as we have to protect our secular ethos and the future of our country,” said Sonia, who arrived here on a day-long state visit.
Kerala has 20 Lok Sabha seats and in the 2009 polls, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 16 and the principal opposition party (CPM)-led Left Democratic Front won four, while the BJP is yet to open its account in the 140-member Kerala assembly.
Taking on the CPM, Sonia questioned what the principal opposition party had done here.
“All that they have done is to oppose all that the UPA government does and the choice before the people of Kerala is to vote for a party which is strong on its ideologies,” she said.
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